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My father came home from the war and my mother had been having an affair with an army friend of his and he was living with him so my father was ejected from the house. The council became involved and my two sisters went in to ...Read more

A memory of Pinehurst in 1947 by Brian Bailey

I was born in School Road, just off the High Street in 1943 and lived there till 1968. I remember Inwood Park with the boating lake and the paddle boats. The paddling pool, the tennis courts and the playground. I worked for ...Read more

A memory of Hounslow in 1951

My name is Sam Burrow I was born in Hartland in 1936 - the family moved to Clovelly in 1939 and lived in Home Lodge. My father, J A Burrow, was the estate foreman. My mother, Florrie, was the school cook throughout ...Read more

A memory of Clovelly in 1949 by Sam Burrow

I met my first wife in WGC. I lived in London and she lived in Knella Road. She worked at De Havillands on what was the the Hatfield by pass. I would travel from Kings Cross to the WGC station. I ...Read more

A memory of Welwyn Garden City in 1958 by Roy Barnacle

I was a pupil at the school for one term only, the summer term, which from what I remember was wet. I remember playing cricket & football, if it was wet, we would play table tennis or snooker. We ...Read more

A memory of Warnham Court School in 1964 by Robert Clark

I was born on this road in 1957 at number 21 and well remember it looking like this for years as my friends and I grew up here. There were no hedges, or very few then, and I still remember the concrete posts with two strands of galvanised ...Read more

A memory of Killamarsh in 1960 by Keith Dye

I went to Wakefield where I called at the wimpy Cafe. I was the only customer. There were two young girls, one manning the till, the other was cleaning the tables and then wiping the table tops down. I had ordered a Wimpy burger and ...Read more

A memory of Sandal in 1970 by Roland Mitchell

There were four Italian shops in the town when that nation joined Hitler. Tazioli, Vincenti and Rinaldi had ice cream/sweetie shops. Moscadini had a fish and chip shop, a thriving business. The first three kept very quiet but silly ...Read more

A memory of Crook in 1930 by Ernest Hall

My father Dennis Stephens, used to manage the tennis courts and bowling green on Mill Hill Road. My aunt Effie Wheildon, took over the pet shop after Grace Shatwell ended her tenure and moved from her bungalow (opposite our house at ...Read more

A memory of Irby by Arnold Stephens

My husband, Ewen Donald McNeil Cameron, went to school at Crewkerne during the early 40's. He lived at Chedington Court, Misterton, where I believe his mother was housekeeper. In those days it was a finishing ...Read more

A memory of Misterton in 1943